Women's Sport Team Policy Advisor

2 weeks ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Department for Culture, Media and Sport Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 338630**Salary**:

- £33,095 - £37,026- National £33,095 - £37,026 + benefits- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer
- Senior Executive Officer-
**Contract type**:

- Fixed term
- Loan**Length of employment**:

- 2 Years**Business area**:

- DCMS - Sport and Gambling**Type of role**:

- Policy**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- ManchesterAbout the job

**Job summary**:
All roles sit within the Sport and Gambling Directorate responsible for all aspects of Government sport and gambling policy. Ranging from elite sport and hosting of major events to grassroots participation and promoting diversity and inclusion across the world of sport.

The Sport Team is responsible for delivering the Government’s recent Get Active sport strategy, as well as governance and co-ordination of sport in the UK. Our team stretches across many policy areas. The sport strategy side of the team focuses on getting more people active and moving towards a more diverse, inclusive and sustainable sector. The elite and international side of the team aims to ensure we continue to support the UK’s thriving professional, Olympic and Paralympic sectors, and plays an active and influential role in international sport policy.

All teams aim to do all this within a great working environment where you will learn, develop and be supported to thrive.

**Job description**:
Responsibilities will include:

- Driving progress against Review of Women’s Football recommendations; identifying policy development opportunities, escalating challenges, pushing towards milestones, updating Ministerial teams and key stakeholders in a timely manner
- Full management of the strategy, establishment and maintenance of Ministerial-led Implementation group to progress work in Women’s Football
- Proactive engagement with internal and external stakeholders, building and maintaining relationships
- Identifying future opportunities for Government to support the women’s sporting industry, announcements and engagement, both for officials and Ministerial level
- Establishment of a Board of Women’s Sport; development and identification of priorities; design of content remaining aware of policy issues and broader industry / political awareness; management of stakeholder relationships; proactively identifying and leading on outcomes of the board and, where/if required, driving for new or altered policy
- Broader sport engagement; proactive reach out to industry contacts, representation of the department at networking events
- Identification of opportunities within industry; proactively seeking events, speech, roundtable opportunities for officials and Ministers; remaining abreast of the industry and stakeholder activities
- Work in collaboration on cross-cutting government policy areas; eg, Department for Business & Trade on Women’s Sport investment, International on sharing best practices

**Person specification**:
Essential Requirements:

- Particular interest in and understanding of the sport sector.
- Experience working collaboratively to achieve a desired outcome.
- Outstanding stakeholder management skills with strong evidence of working in partnership with other individuals and organisations.
- Experience and understanding the development and delivery of policy.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, ability to confidently deliver messages at very senior levels.

Desirable Skills:

- Understanding of government and parliamentary processes.
- Excellent project management skills and ability to manage multiple high profile projects.

We are offering applicants to join a virtual information session on Thursday 8 February at 11:00-11:30 hosted by the vacancy holder - Georgie Bendle.

The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department. It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.

Please register your interest here and you will be sent an invitation.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Seeing the Big Picture
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £33,095, Department for Culture, Media and Sport contributes £8,935 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.DCMS values its staff and offers a wide range of benefits to everyone who works here. We’re committed to developing talent, and supporting colleagues to have great careers in our department. To support with that, some of the benefits we offer include:

- Flexible working arrangements and hybrid working - DCMS staff work on a flexible basis with

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